Fire-annihilator



I. KIT-SEE.

FIRE ANNIHILATOR.

(No Model.)

Patented I'eb. 2.1, 1882'.

WITNESSES i m T Attorney;

n. PETERS. mwum n m Washington. D.C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE.

ISIDOR KITSEE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FIRE-ANNIHILATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,026, dated February 21, 1882.

,Application filed November 25, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISIDOR KITSEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Annihilators, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fire-annihilators; and it consists in devices for holding in reserve magazines of simple chemicals, which are automatically discharged therefrom by the melting of fusible retaining compositions into a common receptacle, and which therein commingle and form a fire-extinguishing vapor or gas.

I have found by experiencethat the gases or vapors in general use, when kept prepared for use for any length of time in a completed condition, become liable to deteriorate and lose their essential qualities, and that by keeping the several constituent chemicals that, when combined, compose such gases or vapors separately in their respective normal conditions, and then causing them to commingle when required for use, the gases or vapors evolved are more effective for the purpose designed.

The object of my invention is to obviate the objection herein pointed out of keeping fireextinguishing vapors or gases always prepared in a completed condition and in order to carry out my invention I employ suitable mechanical devices, which, when brought into action, empty several constituents of fire-extinguishing vapors or gases into a common reservoir, where they combine and by affinity therein compose required vapors or gases, the several chemicals being retained intact in vessels held suspended over the common reservoir with their mouths downward, the mouths being sealed by a fusible composition, which, being fused by the action of heat, causes the contents of the vessels to be discharged by the force of gravityinto the common reservoir.

I do not herein claim broadly the retention of gas and vapor producing chemicals in separate places of deposit and their ejection into a generator by melting of the retaining fusible composition, as that is embraced in another application which I have made for Letters Patent.

My present application relates to certain opl erative devices, as herein described, for carrying into practice the production of the gases and vapors in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In the drawings that accompany this specification, Figure 1 represents two vessels sealed and held suspended over a receiving-generator. Fig. 2 represents a modification of my invention.

A A are vessels of any suitable material suspended by bands 6, which rest upon a base, E, though I do not confine myself to any particular mechanism for holding these vessels in position, as it is obvious that there are many devices which will perform this function without departing from the scope of my invention.

B B are the mouths of the vessels, which i have interior ribbed surfaces, d d, and flanges a a, on which rest the stoppers a 0 These stoppers are somewhat smaller in diameter than the mouths of the vessels, so that when released they will easily drop out. In each of these vessels is placed a given quantity of the required chemical or chemicals. The stopper a, is then-inserted in position, resting upon the flanges a, and the inouthof the vessel is then filled up with fusible composition f, which is firmly held in position by the ribbed edges (1 d.

O is thereceiver, which should contain a chemical reagent from which the fire-extinguishing gas or vapor is to be generated, and which rests upon the support E. When the fusible composition is melted 'by the action of heat the stoppers a, a fall out, releasing the chemicals, which fall into the receiver G, where the gas or vapor is generated and discharged into the room.

Fig. 2 is a modification of my invention, showing a form of vessel which may be used as a substitute for the vessels A A, as shown in Fig. 1. The mouth B of the Vessel A is fitted with a cap, B which is sealed to the vessel by the fusible sealing composition f. When the composition is fused by the action of the heat the cap falls olf and releases the chemical contents, as in Fig. 1.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. In an automatic lire-annihilator,inverted vessels sealed with a fusible composition and supplied with chemicals, which, when united, d d, and flanges a a, with stoppersa a, sealed form a fireextinguishing gas or vapor, and a with fusiblecompositi0n,and a rece1ver,O, subgenerating-reservoir to receive the contents of stantially as described.

said vessels, substantially as described. ISIDOR KITSEE. 5 2. In an automatic fire-nnnihilator, the com- Witnesses:

bination of the vessels A A, having mouths W. O. FIEDELDEY,

B B, provided with serrated interior surfaces, VICTOR ABRAHAM. 

